The latest snooker rankings update follows the conclusion of Championship League Snooker, the 2025/26 season’s opening ranking event.
Stephen Maguire ended a five-year title drought by winning the ranking version of the Championship League at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester on Wednesday.
The Scot emerged through three group stages to reach the final, where he produced a strong performance in beating Joe O’Connor 3-1.
Victory for Maguire represents his seventh at ranking level and continues his resurgence in form having reached the final of the Welsh Open earlier this year.
While his prize money of £33,000 won’t make an enormous immediate impact on his snooker rankings position, it could lead to more substantial improvements later in the season.
Let’s reflect on how the action over the last two and a half weeks has affected the two main standings.
Top 16
Only five members from the top 16 of the official World Snooker Tour rankings entered Championship League Snooker, with the rest instead opting for a longer summer break.
Those from the elite bracket who did enter didn’t fare particularly well with Barry Hawkins, Si Jiahui, Zhang Anda, Shaun Murphy, and Chris Wakelin all out of contention by the end of the second group stage.
Judd Trump remains in top spot on the two-year list with a lead of almost £700,000 over Kyren Wilson.
Legendary Class of ’92 members Mark Williams, John Higgins, and Ronnie O’Sullivan complete the top five.
Ding Junhui is in sixth ahead of Mark Selby and Neil Robertson, with Barry Hawkins and Mark Allen rounding off the top ten.
Zhao Xintong, Zhang Anda, Xiao Guodong, Shaun Murphy, Si Jiahui, and Chris Wakelin are also in the top 16.
Other Movers
Stephen Maguire is the obvious beneficiary with the Glaswegian rising two places up to number 25 in the world.
Joe O’Connor, who is now a three-time ranking event runner-up, remains in the 28th position despite reaching the final.
By reaching the last eight, Ben Mertens gives his aspirations of securing tour survival at the end of the term an early boost.
The Belgian, beginning the second year of his current two-year card, moves up to 70th and just outside the crucial top 64 cut-off point.
| Official 2-Year World Rankings | July 24, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,978,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,298,300 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | £835,600 |
| 4 | John Higgins | £781,250 |
| 5 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £740,000 |
| 6 | Ding Junhui | £606,000 |
| 7 | Mark Selby | £558,000 |
| 8 | Neil Robertson | £547,050 |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins | £540,050 |
| 10 | Mark Alllen | £522,900 |
| 11 | Zhao Xintong | £510,000 |
| 12 | Zhang Anda | £496,550 |
| 13 | Xiao Guodong | £461,000 |
| 14 | Si Jiahui | £416,200 |
| 15 | Shaun Murphy | £402,900 |
| 16 | Chris Wakelin | £381,400 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Ali Carter | £379,300 |
| 18 | Tom Ford | £359,950 |
| 19 | Gary Wilson | £354,900 |
| 20 | Wu Yize | £345,600 |
| 21 | Stuart Bingham | £326,900 |
| 22 | Jak Jones | £321,800 |
| 23 | David Gilbert | £301,650 |
| 24 | Hossein Vafaei | £282,300 |
| 25 | Stephen Maguire | £260,750 |
| 26 | Jack Lisowski | £249,600 |
| 27 | Pang Junxu | £247,400 |
| 28 | Joe O’Connor | £245,750 |
| 29 | Elliot Slessor | £221,750 |
| 30 | Yuan Sijun | £211,600 |
| 31 | Lei Peifan | £210,000 |
| 32 | Matthew Selt | £199,250 |
1-year snooker rankings
A new one-year ranking list commences with the players again vying for qualification into the lucrative Players Series tournaments.
Stephen Maguire takes the front and is already in a healthy position to qualify for the 32-strong World Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
The 16-player Players Championship and the 12-person Tour Championship draws will also be determined through the one-year list.
There is still a long way to go before these lucrative ranking events take place, however.
The World Grand Prix is scheduled to take place at the start of February with the Players Championship in Telford a couple of weeks later.
The Tour Championship will return to Manchester at the end of March and into April next year.
Note: Ranking points earned from the Wuhan Open and British Open qualifiers are provisional and have not been included in the below list.
| 1-Year Snooker Rankings | July 24, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Maguire | £33,000 |
| 2 | Joe O’Connor | £23,000 |
| =3 | Ben Mertens | £11,000 |
| =3 | Ricky Walden | £11,000 |
| =5 | Tom Ford | £9,000 |
| =5 | Pang Junxu | £9,000 |
| =7 | Xu Si | £8,000 |
| =7 | Matthew Selt | £8,000 |
| =9 | Amir Sarkhosh | £6,000 |
| =9 | Elliot Slessor | £6,000 |
| =9 | Alfie Burden | £6,000 |
| =9 | David Lilley | £6,000 |
| =9 | Liam Davies | £6,000 |
| =9 | Liu Hongyu | £6,000 |
| =9 | Matthew Stevens | £6,000 |
| =9 | Zhang Anda | £6,000 |
| =17 | David Gilbert | £5,000 |
| =17 | Dylan Emery | £5,000 |
| =17 | Robbie Williams | £5,000 |
| =17 | Sam Craigie | £5,000 |
| =17 | Jack Lisowski | £5,000 |
| =17 | Ng On Yee | £5,000 |
| =17 | Wu Yize | £5,000 |
| =17 | Yuan Sijun | £5,000 |
| =25 | Chris Wakelin | £4,000 |
| =25 | Lei Peifan | £4,000 |
| =25 | Artemijs Zizins | £4,000 |
| =25 | Liu Wenwei | £4,000 |
| =25 | Haydon Pinhey | £4,000 |
| =25 | Stuart Bingham | £4,000 |
| =25 | Yao Pengcheng | £4,000 |
| =25 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £4,000 |
| — | — | — |
| =33 | Barry Hawkins | £2,000 |
| N/R | Judd Trump | £0 |
| N/R | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £0 |
| N/R | Zhao Xintong | £0 |
What is the next snooker event?
Next up on the 2025/26 snooker calendar is the Shanghai Masters invitational in China.
As has been the case in recent seasons, the top 16 from the official two-year world rankings list will be involved.
They will be joined by the next four highest-ranked Chinese competitors, plus an additional four amateur wildcards.
The 2025 Shanghai Masters runs from July 28th to August 3rd, with options on how to watch available over at the WST website.
The next ranking event on the schedule is the mega-rich Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters from August 8th to August 16th in Jeddah.
More news and updates on all World Snooker Tour events will be available here on SnookerHQ.com.
Featured photo credit: WST
Clicked on WST link but they’ve not updated the list!
Yeah it’s a bit awkward. They haven’t updated the official list yet, but if you click on ‘Live’ it’s updated there.
Thanks
Love your work. It keeps me up today on what’s happening in snooker 🎱
Thanks, Ger.